Comments on: My Facebook birthday http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/03/my-facebook-birthday/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff DeChambeau http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/03/my-facebook-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-143902 Jeff DeChambeau Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:05:37 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/03/my-facebook-birthday/#comment-143902 People tend to do a mass birthday-wallpost-status-update-thank-you to keep from having to respond in kind to every wall post. Having a birthday in the winter, I often decide part way through the summer to change my birthday to something a little more immediate. It provides a great way of seeing how many people actually know your birthday, and how many people are just weak ties going through the motions whenever they see a birthday crop up on their home page. It's a fun experiment. People tend to do a mass birthday-wallpost-status-update-thank-you to keep from having to respond in kind to every wall post.

Having a birthday in the winter, I often decide part way through the summer to change my birthday to something a little more immediate. It provides a great way of seeing how many people actually know your birthday, and how many people are just weak ties going through the motions whenever they see a birthday crop up on their home page.

It’s a fun experiment.

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